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Meaning of p.o.v. | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Examples

“As far as the picketers are concerned, we can establish the point of view (p. o. v.) of the shots of them by reversal: this can be done by asking whether the camera p. o. v. is that of the strikers themselves. For this to be so we would have to see the scene from their p. o. v.; […]”
“From my p.o.v., they seemed to be great but cautious friends.”
“Act III is embedded in Act II, the “Repeat” Voice called for at the end of II, this time as mime, without narration, but with camera adopting Figure’s p.o.v. on occasion. Figure opens door, to “corridor seen from door,” ditto window, with added sound and sight of rain, ditto pallet, ditto mirror (“reflecting nothing” at first, then his reflection from his p.o.v.), each inspection interspersed with a God-like view from above.”
“Nutty behavior, from my p.o.v., but still vestigially about the music: the desire to hear every variation, every version.”
“Anonymous, but from their p.o.v. too credible not to act immediately.”
“From his p.o.v., the accumulation of extenuating circumstances that led to his one-night jag with Marco […]”
“The camera moves at “child’s-eye level,” and we walk around as Benjamin does, taking things in from his p.o.v.”
“As soon as you write what the concierge thinks, you are in his head and are now writing from his p.o.v. Some p.o.v. shifts are more subtle.”
“To have my loan application sit in a backlog for months and months and suddenly (from their p.o.v.) have it withdrawn due to lack of available contact in an arbitrary 7-10 day period.”
“From his p.o.v., we see a bed with twin pillows, with twin light fixtures attached to the wall above the head of the bed.”
“(2) Barbara looking at André, as seen from his p.o.v. (shot); (3) André looking at Barbara, as seen from her p.o.v. (reverse shot); (4) Barbara reciprocating André’s tentative smile with one of her own, as seen from his p.o.v. (final shot).”
“As she climbs up, a subjective tracking shot from her P.O.V. gradually reveals a sea of faces staring at her from the gallery.”
“From their P.O.V. we see the long, high hill with the single, giant oak tree.”
“ALISON holds the door open as first PETER then CHARLES pass, see them from her P.O.V. and then her eye going to the ash-tray containing PETER’s stubs, and his glass and the scotch, as over: […] BOY applauds, and on him clapping and looking first down, into the court, then up again, as if at MASTER, see, as if from his P.O.V. but CUTTING TO: […]”
“His office had confirmed his coming and CBS had dispatched a video crew from TVTV to report the Jamboree from his P.O.V. (point of view – I imagine Marlon’s view would be mostly eyes and clicking and whirring glass).”
“While they are doing so they look again in the general direction of SHAKE and GRANDFATHER and from their P.O.V., we see SHAKE is beating time to the music but from his wrist dangles an empty set of handcuffs.”
“From their P.O.V. we pan […]”
“ARCHY whirls around and we see, from his P.O.V. that the voice belongs to LES McCANN, the stockman.”
“The dairy field. Mrs. Fairley’s P.O.V.”
“Here’s Blossom in the pool—high-angle long-shot—and here’s the young cowhand who’s discovered her there and we’re looking at her from his P.O.V.”
“Students are given a number of options chalkboarded and are to rewrite from the P.O.V. of either: […]”
“From his P.O.V. sees CHARLUS in front of the playbill.”
“From her P.O.V. we see the negative image of Jamshid.”
“[…] from her P.O.V. we move towards the door from behind which the sound of the lovers’ moans and the creaking bed come.”
“On the way up, we get a shot from his P.O.V. through the shimmering clouds, accompanied by stock choral/heaven music.”
“It’s all done from her P.O.V., dubbed ‘Anna-Vision’.”
“(The passing sidestreets from her P.O.V.)”
“See things from their P.O.V. once in a while!”
“From his P.O.V. we are able to make out Oliver bending over him.”
“From their P.O.V. / It's a ghost town out there, until the IRATE LIBRARIAN, ball in hand, marches outside to string up whoever smashed the window.”
“As they emerge we see the shopping centre from her P.O.V. and for a split second, in a frozen moment, she sees the mother waiting for the Very Small Girl as her own, smiling at her, waiting for her to come back from the grotto.”
“In the photo, taken from his P.O.V., we could see, in addition to his penis, his feet, in black socks.”
“Regardless of whether the object of the P.O.V. is inside or outside the master shot, you can only describe what the observing character can see from the P.O.V..”
“It would be so awesome if she had, if they could figure out a technical way where there was video from her P.O.V. / Amanda: Ah, so we’re getting her perspective.”
“It’s a change that takes millions of years, although from her P.O.V. it happens with devastating rapidity.”
“Bachmann goes on to explain, from her P.O.V., that the 999 Plan is just going to open the door for a VAT tax.”
“PARKING LOT, FROM THEIR P.O.V.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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